Easy Ways to Hide from Information Overload

Do you ever feel like you just can’t hide from the seemingly endless stream of emails, Facebook posts, Tweets and viral videos circulating today? If you have found that you’re
spending too much time sifting through inordinate amounts of spam and irrelevant content online, the tips below should help you shut out some of the noise.

Unroll.me — If your productivity is sidelined by your need to delete, file and ignore e-mails, Unroll.me will save your work day, not to mention your sanity. This ingenious app groups all of your newsletters, junk mail and email blasts into one bundle, and sends you a summary of them once a day. With the click of a button, you can banish inbox chaos outright. Now, if they could only do the same for work e-mail.

Crowdfire — Crowdfire gives Twitter users a more efficient way to manage their followers and find interesting users to follow. You can easily unfollow users who either don’t follow you back, unfollow you or are inactive, helping to keep your newsfeed clear of unnecessary clutter. Want to go even further? Crowdfire will even show you how your posts impact your unfollower counts so you don’t turn into that annoying guy you’ve been so working hard to avoid.

Mute — It’s not an app. It’s not a download. It’s actually a feature directly embedded into many social networking apps, because they get how annoying their users can be. Muted users don’t know you’ve shut them out, so it’s the best way to ignore posts from someone you’re friendly with but can’t outright unfollow or unfriend. You’ll be enjoying a blissful stream of things you actually care about (sports!) instead of updates from people you don’t (your husband’s friends).

Delvv – As you know, Delvv is an intelligent news feed that learns about your interests and offers up personalized recommendations of news articles in real-time. With Delvv you can discover trending news without having to read through articles of no interest to you. Your time is valuable. Remember that.